TODAY  Version 3.6   11/14/93       Copyright 1986, 1993  By Patrick Kincaid

 Today is Wednesday  September 15, 2004.
 This is the 259th day of the year, there are 107 days left.

 Happy Birthday to...
    In 1857 William Howard Taft           27th President (US)
    In 1857 William H. Taft               10th U.S.S.C. CHIEF JUSTICE
    In 1934 Forrest Hood James, Jr.    54th & 58th Governor of Alabama
    In 1912 Matthew Empson Welsh              41st Governor of Indiana
    In 1788 Gerard Chittoque Brandon            4th & 6th Governor of Mississ
    In 1809 James Y. Smith                     43rd Governor of Rhode Island
    In 1892 Leslie Jensen                      15th Governor of South Dakota
    In 1875 Henry D. Hatfield                  14th Governor of West Virginia
    In 1789 James Fenimore Cooper, 1st major American novelist.
    In 1830 Porfirio DĦaz, soldier, president of Mexico (1877-1911)
    In 1857 William Howard Taft, 27th President (1909-1913)
    In 1876 Bruno Walter, conductor
    In 1881 Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, car builder
    In 1890 Dame Agatha Christie, mysterious
    In 1894 Jean Renoir, cineaste.
    In 1904 Umberto II, king of Italy (1946)
    In 1929 Murray Gell-Mann, physicist who predicted quarks
    In 1941 Miroslaw Hermaszewski, 1st Polish space traveler (Soyuz 30)
    In 1984 Prince Henry of Wales

 On this day...
    3rd Quarter, Week 11, Day 6
    7 DAYS - Northern Hemisphere  its Autumn
            Southern Hemisphere  its Spring
    34 DAYS - U.S. Major League Baseball World Series Begins
    42 Days - Standard Daylight Time
    46 DAYS - HALLOWEEN
    74 DAYS - THANKSGIVING
    101 DAYS - CHRISTMAS
    In 2004 141 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2005 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 526 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2006 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 883 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2007 - New Orleans, LA, USA
    In 2004 1231 Days - Mission Trip to Mardi Gras 2008
    Moscow, Russia - Sunrise/Set  7:02 AM 7:46 PM 
    Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - Sunrise/Set  7:06 AM 7:31 PM
    In 1776 British forces occupy New York during the American Revolution.
    In 1789 Department of Foreign Affairs is renamed the Department of State
    In 1821 Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras & Nicaragua all
            gain their independence.
    In 1917 Russia is proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky
    In 1947 First 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh
    In 1950 UN forces land at Inchon during Korean conflict.
    In 1959 Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in US to begin a 13-day visit
    In 1976 Soyuz 22 carries two cosmonauts into earth orbit for 8 days.
    Battle of Britain Day.
    Felt Hat Day, when men of fashion put away their straw hats.
    In 1958  Commuter train crashed through open drawbridge, falling into
             Newark Bay, New Jersey, killing 48.
    In 1961  Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph, causing
             $408 million damages.

 Thought for the day...
    In 1874 Benjamin Robbins Curtis       28th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE
    In 1902 Horace Gray                   40th U.S.S.C. JUSTICE  
    In 1940 William B. Bankhead           47th U.S. Speaker of the House
    In 1927 George Washington Hays            31st Governor of Arkansas 
    In 1846 Samuel Augustus Foot              12th Governor of Connecticut   
    In 1857 Clark Bissell                     18th Governor of Connecticut 
    In 1815 Richard Bassett                    4th Governor of Delaware
    In 1945 Clyde L. Herring                  26th Governor of Iowa
    In 1939 Samuel V. Stewart                   6th Governor of Montana
    You can judge a man by how he keeps his golf score.

 And remember...
    ITS WEDNESDAY
    Today's Date (Month\Day) will land on this day of week in 2010! 
    U.S. National Alert Status is ELEVATED - YELLOW LEVEL  3RD 
    All U.S. Space Shuttles Grounded.
    Atlantis    U.S. Space Shuttle launch time unknown!
    Endeavour   U.S. Space Shuttle launch time unknown!
    Discovery   U.S. Space Shuttle may launch in March\April 2005!
    Oct 01 - Birthdate for   Pres. Jimmy Carter         (US) 39
    Oct 04 - Birthdate for   Pres. Rutherford B Hayes   (US) 19
    Oct 05 - Birthdate for   Pres. Chester A Arthur     (US) 21
    Oct 08 - Death of President Franklin Pierce
    Oct 14 - Birthdate for   Pres. Dwight D Eisenhower  (US) 34
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